To be conservative at 20 is heartless and to be a liberal at 60 is plain idiocy.

Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?

So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy.

One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest."

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.